Beyond homeostasis: A predictive-dynamic framework for understanding cellular behavior

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-384

  Freddolino, Peter L ^a   Tavazoie, Saeed ^a,b  

^a Joint Centers for Systems Biology   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; evolution; internal representations; microbial ecology; predictive behavior; systems biology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FORAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870220962     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-092910-154129     Document Type: Review

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